Community Wins the 2013 Community Cup!

Wizards of the CoastMonday, September 02, 2013

his past weekend, the Community Team sought sweet revenge in the 2013 Community Cup, and they claimed it from the reigning Wizards Team, beating them with a score of 233 to 201 and claiming the 2013 Erik "Hamtastic" Friborg Memorial Trophy (learn more about Erik "Hamtastic" Friborg).

Congratulations to the Community on their victory! The combined efforts of the Community Team and community players who took part in events against Wizards participants in Magic Online earned every Magic Online player who logged in during the Community Cup between Friday, August 30, at 10 AM PDT and Saturday, August 31, at 7 PM PDT, a premium foil Sliver Queen promo card and a Rakdos Cackler Friday Night Magic promo card!

Sliver Queen

Rakdos Cackler

Join in for the R&D Challenge This Friday, September 6

Think you can beat Magic R&D at their own game? Well now is your chance to find out, and have a chance to win a Magic Online From the Vault: Twenty. Next Friday, September 6, bring your best Modern deck and see what happens. Play against current and former R&D members, including:

Ian Duke

Tom LaPille

Alexis Janson

Dan Emmons

Dave Marsee

Sam Stoddard

Ben Hayes

Erik Lauer

Billy Moreno

Dave Humpherys

You can follow all of the action as R&D members Ryan Spain and Jon Loucks will be streaming the event on TwitchTV.

R&D Challenge

START TIME

12:00 PM PDT Friday, September 6, 2013

LOCATION

Scheduled Events room

ENTRY OPTIONS

12 Event Tickets

PRODUCT

A Modern legal deck

SIZE

32 players minimum, 512 players maximum

DURATION

Five rounds, Swiss pairings

PRIZES

Prizes are based on the total Match Wins at the end of the tournament. Each win awards 1 Match Win point, and each loss awards 0 points.

MatchWins

Prizes

QPs

5

16 Magic 2014 Booster Packs, 1 From the Vault: Twenty

3

4

8 Magic 2014 Booster Packs

1

3

4 Magic 2014 Booster Packs

0

Note: Magic R&D members are not eligible to win prizes, but their matches will still affect standings. With the exception of the From the Vault: Twenty, any prizes the R&D members would have won will be distributed evenly among the players with 5 Match Wins within five business days of the end of the event.

Modern Masters Mondays Have Begun!

Modern Masters Mondays kicked off on September 2. Now, every Monday through the last Monday of the month, September 30, you can play 64-player Modern Masters Top 8 Premier Phantom Draft six-round single-elimination events. These events will fire every two hours of the day. This is a chance to play with the awesome Modern Masters set, and score a Magic Online From the Vault: Twenty!

Entry to the event is either 15 Event Tickets, OR 6 Event Tickets and 15 Phantom Points. If any event fails to fill 64 seats, refunds will be fulfilled within two business days.